Paul Emmons - The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
The cultural role of architecture: contemporary and historical perspectives/
edited by Paul Emmons, John Hendrix & Jane Lomholt.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Architecture and society. I. Emmons, Paul. II. Hendrix, John.
III. Lomholt, Jane.
NA2543.S6C79 2012
720.103dc23 2011033267

ISBN: 978-0-415-78340-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-78341-5 (pbk)

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Contents

Nicholas Temple

Part One
Architecture as Agent of Recovery: A Testimony to Values

Jane Lomholt

Dagmar Motycka Weston

Chris Siwicki

Liana De Girolami Cheney

No Badillo

Jane Lomholt

Louise Pelletier

Cristina Gonzlez-Longo

Part Two
Architecture as Substance and Sustenance: Cultural Desires and Needs

Paul Emmons

Marco Frascari

Chris Hay

Harry Charrington

Jan Frohburg

Alexandra Stara

Paul Emmons

Gerald Adler

Part Three
A Time of Aspirations: Cultural Understanding of the Roles of Architecture

John Hendrix

Alberto Prez-Gmez

Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou

Ashraf Salama

Jason Crow

Mark Cannata

Nader El-Bizri

John Hendrix

John Hendrix

Figures

Theatre of Epidaurus, c. 360 BC

Theatre spectators

Folk dancers at Delphi

Threshing floor near Bassae

Dionysos and satyr on a drinking cup

Thetis and Hephaestus with the armour of Achilles

The battle between Achilles and Hector

Dionysos as a mask on a column during the Lenaia dramatic festival

Maenad reveler

Dance of satyrs

Babylonian map of the world, 700-500 BC

Map of world according to Hecataeus of Miletus, c. 500 BC

God creating the world in the Bible moralise, thirteenth century

Theatre of Epidaurus, c. 360 BC, plan after von Gerkan

View of the Piazzale degli Uffizi (Vasari 1564), Uffizi, Florence

Corridoio Vasariano, view from the Arno River, Uffizi, Florence

View of the Vasari Corridor at the Uffizi: self-portraits of the artists hang on the walls, Uffizi, Florence

Reconstruction of Vasari's Uffizi in the shape of a Tau cross

Villa Albani site diagrams, from Nolli's Pianta Grande 1748 (left) and D. Magnan 17751776 (right) showing the change in acquisition and extent of property. Via Salaria runs north-south to the left of each plan

Villa Albani by Piranesi, 1761

Plan showing the relationship of Casino to Caffaus, the central and eastern arrangement of gardens with ancillary structures

Caryatids from the Erechtheion, Acropolis, Greece

tienne-Louis Boulle's buried architecture inspired by the winter season, entrance to a cemetery

Ground floor plan of Palazzo Barbarano, based on Burns and Beltramini (2008: 208215)

Ground floor plan of Palazzo Barberini, based on Borsi and Magnanimi (1983: 12) and Waddy (1990: 178)

Ground floor plan of Queensberry House

Historical view of Caff Pedrocchi, Padua. Architect: Giuseppe Jappelli

Diagrams of Platforms (left) and Roofs (right). 1: Villa Schreiner, Oslo (1963). 2: Nordic Pavilion, Venice (1962). 3: Norwegian Glacier Museum, Jostedal Glacier (1991). 4: Hedmark Museum, Domkirkeodden, Hamar (1969). 5: Ivar Aasen Centre (2000). Architect: Sverre Fehn

Venice Pavilion and Villa Schreiner. Architect: Sverre Fehn

Venice Pavilion (SEIER+SEIER). Architect: Sverre Fehn

Alvar Aalto, Rautatalo roof lenses, Helsinki, 19511957

Alvar Aalto, Rautatalo courtyard, Helsinki, 19511957

Alvar Aalto, Ahto Virtanen grave, Helsinki, 1937